Jon Brennan is a local sound designer, composer and adjunct professor at NKU who talks with our Ron Esposito about writing for films and his recent gig, doing the audio mix for the trailer to Stephen King’s new novel.

Actors & Playwrights Initiative with New Edgecliff Theatre present the world premiere of Phil Paradis’ Soldier’s Christmas, a stage production of the WWI night known as The Christmas Truce when enemy soldiers laid down their weapons and celebrated the holiday together. The show’s director, Bob Allen, previews this production, happening atNKU’s Corbett Theatre, with our Jim Stump.

Christmas, 1914 on the Western Front during World War I. Soldiers on both sides, barley surviving in amazingly harsh conditions, up to their knees in mud and water, enduring the disease and slaughter that was trench warfare. But spontaneously, in several places along the front lines, soldiers on both sides begin singing Christmas songs, then cautiously climb out of their trenches to meet in no-man's land, to exchange good wishes, cigarettes and other small gifts, declaring an unofficial break from the horrors of battle.

Cirque du Soleil returns to the Bank of Kentucky Center on the campus of Northern Kentucky University on October 16-19 for six performances of its arena show, Varekai. Paul Bannerman, one of Varekai’s current and original musicians, is on the phone with Lee Hay to provide a preview for this musical-acrobatic-aerobatic-theatrical showcase.

It's an exciting time of year, here in town and all across the country as students are heading off to college. For many, this will be their first time being on their own. But mixed in with the excitement are some fears and concerns, for both students and parents. According to American College Testing (ACT), more than one out of four freshmen don't return to the same college for their sophomore year. Some transfer, some take a break, and many never return to school.

You've probably heard the saying, "Nobody likes a lawyer, until they need one." Joke writers and comics like to say there are too many lawyers, and in some cities in the United States, that is now the case. But in many parts of the country, people in need of a lawyer can't find one. This imbalance is causing legal system delays in some areas, while making it difficult for lawyers to find work in others.